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Benny watched his house drift away. Now, his community wants better storm protection

Benny watched his house drift away. Now, his community wants better storm protection

Oct 28, 2021

NPR October 27, 202110:37 Listen here: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1047718942/benny-watched-his-house-float-away-now-his-community-wants-better-storm-protecti At the moment, Tammy and Benny Alexie are staying in a cream-colored house that overlooks the Mississippi...
Weeks after Ida, Bayou communities outside New Orleans’ levee system still devastated

Weeks after Ida, Bayou communities outside New Orleans’ levee system still devastated

Oct 6, 2021

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: I’m Sarah McCammon on the bayou south of New Orleans, where just weeks ago, Hurricane Ida slammed ashore, its 150-mile-an-hour winds causing death and devastation across the region. On this day, though, the water is calm as we skim along...
Our Drowning Coast: Left to Louisiana’s tides, Jean Lafitte fights for time

Our Drowning Coast: Left to Louisiana’s tides, Jean Lafitte fights for time

Aug 3, 2021

From a Cessna flying 4,000 feet above Louisiana’s coast, what strikes you first is how much is already lost. Northward from the Gulf, slivers of barrier island give way to the open water of Barataria Bay as it billows toward an inevitable merger with Little...

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